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NASA is transitioning Hubble to “ one -gyro mode’s contingency plan for continuing science operations.
The telescope should be back in action by mid-June , officials say.
NASA says it will use a single gyroscope to steer and point the telescope.
Without gyroscopic guidance, Hubble would almost be flying blind, unable to accurately lock onto most celestial objects.
The observatory will now require more time to seek out any given target, making it more sluggish and reducing the efficiency of scheduling its observations.
The change will also significantly decrease the area of the sky accessible to Hubble at any given time, hindering its ability to study supernovas and other short-lived astrophysical outbursts that demand rapid response.
This sluggishness also means Hubble will now slew too slowly to track objects interior to the orbit of Mars .
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